Download Queen`s Tears (Billbergia nutans)

Queen’s Tears (Billbergia nutans)
OUTDOOR PLANT - EASY PLANT
Type: Perennial
Sun:
Filtered sun, bright indirect light
Water: Regular
Flowers: Green and blue flowers on fuchsia stalks
Size:
1’-2’ wide clumps, leaves 1’-2’ tall
Photo by Andrew Sigal
This Brazilian bromeliad is easy to grow. In the Bay Area it readily forms clumps of bronzegreen leaf rosettes. The leaves have small teeth along the margins. Arching flower stalks carry
pink bracts and pendant flowers that have green petals edged with blue.
Though in nature this plant is an epiphyte (a plant that grows above ground, usually on the
branches of trees), here it is quite drought tolerant and grows well in rich soil. Hardy to 30°F, or
even lower for short periods. Can be planted in shade, but for best results, Billbergia prefers
filtered sun or bright indirect light.
It makes an excellent container plant.
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